Mailroom

CMU's Mailroom provides daily delivery and pick up of inter-campus mail and United States Postal Service mail for postage metering. Special services include the shipment of letters/packages via the United Parcel Service overnight air carrier options; return receipt; certified and insured mail. 

For more details about CMU's mailroom services, jump to:

• Mail delivery
• Mail policy
• Campus distributions
• Forwarding mail
• Personal postal
• Frequently asked questions

Mail delivery

Delivery schedule

Each campus building has one unscheduled delivery/pickup each day. Departments should have outgoing mail ready by 9:00 a.m. each day. Departments who miss a daily pickup may drop off their mail at the Central Mailroom before 2:00 p.m. to ensure it is processed that day.

Delivery time

Campus mail and incoming USPS mail take an average of one day to reach its destination once it has been received by the Central Mailroom. Delivery times can be shorter/longer by one day (i.e. same day vs. 2 days) depending on your delivery location and thus delivery time.

USPS package delivery

As a result of changes within the USPS, some packages may not arrive on campus until 3pm daily. If you are expecting a package and need it before the next business days' delivery to the department, please call the Central Mailroom to confirm its delivery and arrange a time for you to pick it up.

Mail policy

The Campus Mail Service is maintained for the purpose of carrying messages relating to University business between offices of the University and between University offices and individual members of the faculty, staff or student body. The Campus Mail Service will not carry private messages between individuals.

Inappropriate uses of campus mail without sufficient postage include: personal letters, political campaign advocacy literature and company advertisements. Chain letters are illegal in any case.

Registered Student Organizations may send general announcements of the time and place of meetings or organization-sponsored events, together with short descriptions of the purposes of the meetings or events, to the general distribution lists maintained by the Campus Mail Service.

Any material or communication will be delivered by the Campus Mail Service if it is received from the U.S. Postal Agency with sufficient postage attached.

Campus distributions

Departments wishing to avoid using labels when sending campus mailings can use the number of copies listed below. Once the copies are received in the Central Mailroom they are distributed to building\ mailrooms or departments (whichever is applicable) for distribution.

Small Distribution: # of copies: 1,800

Must be counted and bundled to specific building or department or collated in groups of ten, however groups of ten must be either crisscrossed, paper clipped or rubber banded as a means of separation. Do not use sheets of paper to separate the groups of tens.

Large Distribution: # of copies: 3,200 
Counted and bundled to specific building or department or collated in groups of ten, however groups of ten must be either crisscrossed, paper clipped or rubber banded as a means of separation. Do not use sheets of paper to separate the groups of tens).

Definition: Distributed to all employees in all offices (faculty, staff and graduate assistants).

Example: "insideCMU" (formerly centraline)

Definition: Distributed to all faculty, professional administrative staff and senior officers. Information is then shared with the appropriate staff.

Example: Global Campus course inserts and speaker series announcements.

Forwarding mail

Moving on campus?

Are you moving to another location on campus? Be sure to let your building mailroom know where you are relocating.

No longer a University Employee?

The former department has the responsibility for forwarding appropriate mail when a faculty/staff member no longer works for the University.

Personal postal

Welcome to Central Michigan University’s Personal Postal. We are located at the Central Mailroom in the Combined Services Building. Our experienced staff can assist you with your USPS and your UPS shipping needs. We offer a full range of services from domestic to international. We also offer such services as certified and insured. We provide a convenient drop off location for pickup of your stamped mail, USPS packages, as well as prepared UPS and FedEx packages. ​

Personal Postal stocks a wide variety of priority and express packaging, along with recycled boxes and tubes for all your shipping needs. We also sell a variety of envelopes from business envelopes to bubble mailers.

For more information visit us at : Central Mailroom, 989-774-3298, CSB 105, Located at Central Mailroom (in the Combined Services Building).